Bellemerea

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Bellemerea
Bellemerea alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecideales
Family: Lecideaceae
Genus: Bellemerea
Hafellner & Cl.Roux (1984)
Type species
Bellemerea alpina
(Sommerf.) Clauzade & Cl.Roux (1984)
Species

B. alpina
B. cinereorufescens
B. cupreoatra
B. diamarta
B. elegans
B. pullata
B. subcandida
B. sanguinea
B. subnivea
B. subsorediza

Bellemerea is a genus of saxicolous (rock-dwelling) crustose lichens in the family Lecideaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1984 by Josef Hafellner and Claude Roux, with B. alpina as the type species. The generic name honours French lichenologist André Henri Bellemère (1927–2014).[1]

Species[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauzade, G.; Roux, C. (1984). "Les genres Aspicilia Massal. et Bellemerea Hafellner & Roux". Bulletin de la Société Botanique du Centre-Ouest (in French). 15: 127–141.
  2. ^ Øvstedal, D.O.; Lewis Smith, R.I. (2009). "Further additions to the lichen flora of Antarctica and South Georgia". Nova Hedwigia. 88 (1–2): 157–168. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2009/0088-0157.